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7. Matthew Chapter 9:9-17

8. Matthew 9:9 NASU As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew, sitting in the tax collector's booth; and He *said to him, "Follow Me!" And he got up and followed Him.

9. Matthew 9:9 NASU As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew, sitting in the tax collector's booth; and He *said to him, "Follow Me!" And he got up and followed Him.

10. Matthew 9:10 NASU Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples.

11. Luke 5:27-29 NASU After that He went out and noticed a tax collector named Levi sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, "Follow Me." (28) And he left everything behind, and got up and began to follow Him. (29) And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of tax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them.

12. Luke 5:27-29 NASU After that He went out and noticed a tax collector named Levi sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, "Follow Me." (28) And he left everything behind, and got up and began to follow Him. (29) And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of tax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them.

13. Matthew 9:11 NASU When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, "Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?"

14. Matthew 9:11 NASU When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, "Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?"

15. Matthew 9:11 NASU When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, "Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?"

16. Matthew 9:11 NASU When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, "Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?"

17. Matthew 9:12 & 13 NASU But when Jesus heard this, He said, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. (13) "But go and learn what this means: 'I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,' for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

18. Matthew 9:14 & 15 NASU Then the disciples of John *came to Him, asking, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?" (15) And Jesus said to them, "The attendants of the bridegroom cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

19. Matthew 9:14 & 15 NASU Then the disciples of John *came to Him, asking, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?" (15) And Jesus said to them, "The attendants of the bridegroom cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

20. Matthew 9:16 & 17 NASU "But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results. (17) "Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."

21. Matthew 9:16 & 17 NASU "But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results. (17) "Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."

22. Psalm 63:1 NASU O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

23. Matthew 9:16 & 17 NASU "But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results. (17) "Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."

24. Matthew 9:16 & 17 NASU "But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results. (17) "Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."

25. Matthew 9:16 & 17 NASU "But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results. (17) "Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."